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09-28-2010, 06:28 PM
http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/news/article.aspx?feed=AP&date=20100928&id=12094756
According to the article:
"Conway's campaign said it culled Paul's comments from a June 2009 appearance in Lexington. The clip could be viewed on a YouTube video of Paul addressing leaders of the Center-Right Coalition of Lexington. During his remarks, Paul referred to Medicare as "socialized medicine" but also said, "We can't just eliminate Medicare."
"But we have to figure out how to get more to a market-based system," Paul says during the clip. "It's counterintuitive to a lot of people, but you have to pay for things if you want prices to come down. So you really need higher deductibles. And the real answer to Medicare would be a $2,000 deductible, but try selling that one in an election."
Paul campaign manager Jesse Benton said that if elected, Paul would work to preserve Medicare for future generations."
So clearly Rand was saying he would NOT be pushing for a 2K deductible because it would never sell even though the economic theory worked. And the article quotes other ideas he had for medicare, which were drawn from a bipartisan Congressional committee which has been studying the issue and which will address the issue regardless of WHICH of Rand or Jack were in Congress. Rand is just the only one being honest about it.
According to the article:
"Conway's campaign said it culled Paul's comments from a June 2009 appearance in Lexington. The clip could be viewed on a YouTube video of Paul addressing leaders of the Center-Right Coalition of Lexington. During his remarks, Paul referred to Medicare as "socialized medicine" but also said, "We can't just eliminate Medicare."
"But we have to figure out how to get more to a market-based system," Paul says during the clip. "It's counterintuitive to a lot of people, but you have to pay for things if you want prices to come down. So you really need higher deductibles. And the real answer to Medicare would be a $2,000 deductible, but try selling that one in an election."
Paul campaign manager Jesse Benton said that if elected, Paul would work to preserve Medicare for future generations."
So clearly Rand was saying he would NOT be pushing for a 2K deductible because it would never sell even though the economic theory worked. And the article quotes other ideas he had for medicare, which were drawn from a bipartisan Congressional committee which has been studying the issue and which will address the issue regardless of WHICH of Rand or Jack were in Congress. Rand is just the only one being honest about it.